Domestic abuser admits murdering former partner

A man with a history of domestic abuse has admitted murdering his former partner.

Lee Inglis pled guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh to stabbing Stacey Hogg to death in her home in Hawick earlier this year.

BBC Scotland News has learned the 39-year-old has twice avoided prison for previous knife attacks on the mother of three.

He was still serving a home curfew and an unpaid work order when he killed the 35-year-old in June.

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